tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 15 03:01:43 2007
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Klingon WOTD: ghab tun (noun)
This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, February 15, 2007.
Category: Food
Klingon word: ghab tun
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: meat from midsection of animal, no bones (regional)
Source: KGT (215 KE, 250 EK)
Swedish: kött från djurs mittdel, utan ben (regionalt)
Additional Notes:
KGT p. 27: In some areas, {ghab} is never applied to a cut of meat lacking bones. Instead, the phrase {ghab tun} (perhaps translatable as "fillet," though literally, "soft {ghab}) is sometimes heard. The same concept would be expressed in most of the Empire, including by speakers of {ta' Hol}, by a longer phrase: {Hom Hutlhbogh ghab} ("{ghab} that lacks bone"). The expression {ghab tun} would probably not be used by most.
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